Muons – a Magnetic Mystery
Jülich, 7 April 2021 – For around 20 years, there has been a discrepancy between the theoretical predictions and experimental measurements of the muon magnetic field, indicating a possible error in our current physical understanding. A new calculation method with unprecedented precision has now taken the theoretical prediction closer to the previous experimental value. For the most part, the work involving scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich was conducted using Jülich’s supercomputers. The research findings have now been published in the renowned journal Nature. They are particularly relevant, since the first results of a new US experiment aiming to determine the muon magnetic field with greater precision will be announced on 7 April.
Original publication: Leading hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic moment from lattice QCD, Sz. Borsanyi, Z. Fodor, J. N. Guenther, C. Hoelbling, S. D. Katz, L. Lellouch, T. Lippert, K. Miura, L. Parato, K. K. Szabo, F. Stokes, B. C. Toth, Cs. Torok, L. Varnhorst, Nature April 2021,
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03418-1
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Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
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Head of Helmholtz research group "Nuclear and particle physics"
Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
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Prof. Thomas Lippert
Director Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
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